Reinforced terra-cotta partition.



No. 762,678. PATENTEDJUNE 14, 1904. v P. H. BAEVIER.

REINFORGED TERRA-GOTTA PARTITION.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 5, 1904. A

N0 MODEL.

f' y l Y vUNITED STATES Patented June 14, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

REINFOFICED TERRA-COTTA PARTITION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 762,678, dated June 14,1904. Application filed January 5,1904. Serial No. 187,796. (No model.)

To n.71 rfi/1.0m it may concern.:

Be it known that I, IIIILIr II. BEVIER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident ot' the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedReinforced ',lerra-Cotta Partition, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

lhis invention is an improvement in partition-walls employed in theconstruction of buildings.; and it relates more especially to means forbonding the joints between superposed terra-cotta tiles. In thisinvention I seek to provide means for increasing the strength andeliciency of the mortar or cement joint between the superposed tiles,and to the attainment of this end a metallic member of open-work orlattice-like construction is placed between the courses of tiles andembedded in the plastic bond in a way for the material while in aplastic state to pass through the metallic member and to adhere to thesurfaces of adjacent tiles, the mortal' and the open-work metallicmember producing a thin, strong. and secure joint between the tiles.

lllurther objectsand advantages of the invention will appear in thecourse et' the subjoined description, and theI actual scope thereof willbe dolined by the annexed claims. hei'erencc is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, forminga part of' this specilication, in whichsimilar characters ol' reference indi- ;-ate correspomling parts in allthe figures. l Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion l of apartition having its tiles united by al plastic and metallic bond ascontemplated by this invention. AFigs. 2 and 3 aredetail views l oi'di'l'erent embodiments ot' the metallic bond contemplated by thisinvention. lu Fig. I of the drawings the letter A ini 'idr-s a portionof a metallic building struc- I ture, and l is a luirizontal beamadapted to i be upheld by a pillar or column (l. On the l beam andadjacent to the metallic construcl lion A isa partition, which isbuiltup ol' tiles l laid in courses, as indicated at l) IC, said tilesel the partition being laid to break joints. lCach lilo is ol' thecellula: construction well known to those skilled in the art, and saidtiles are provided in their opposing faces with longitudinal channels orgrooves, which are adapted to receive plastic material, such as cementor mortar, to form the plastic bond or joint indicated at F by thedrawings.

The important feature of my invention re-A sides in the employment of ametallic bond which is of open-work or lattice-like construction,examples of which are shown more clearly by Figs. 2 and 3 of thedrawings. In Fig. 2 the metallic bond (Ir is shown as made of wire andconsists of parallel cables f/ g' and transverse strands g2. Thismetallic wire ,bond can be economically and rapidly manu- Vfact! Ired byexisting machinery, which is constructed and operated to make thetransverse strands g2 cross one another between the side cables g g, andthereby produce a plurality of openings 0r interstiees of large area. Ido not, however, desire to contine myself to the employment otl a wirebond, because I am aware that I may use a bond similar to that shown atH in Fig. 3, whereina length or strip of metal is cut or stamped toproduce side portions Il. /l and connecting transverse members lf, thewhole arranged to provide openings ot' large area,v as shown. I prefer,however` for certain reasons to employ thc wire construction of Fig. 2,because the wire bond can be manufactured cheaply, conveniently reelcd,and shipped in a reeled condition, and the bond can be cut into lengthsby ordinary tools to meet the requirements of the particular work inhand.

Al'ter one course ot' tiles is laid the operator should proceed to applythe open-work or lattice-like bond upon the grooved top surfaces ot' thecourscot'tlles, and the plastic material, such as mortar or cement,should now I be applied in theordinary wayover the whole surliwe of' thetile course. rlhis plastic material flows throughtheopeningsorinterstices ot' the lattice-like metallic bond and coats the uppersurface of the tile course, al'ter which the next course of tile shouldbe imposed directlyl upon the bonding material, so as to be united bysuch material to the sub iaeenti-ourse of tiles. 'I`he plastic materialhlls the whole space between the two courses ol' tiles andthe IOOgrooves in the opposing surfaces of the tiles. The compact 'Forni of themetallic bond allows the useol narrow mortar joints, and thisbond isthoroughly embedded in the plastic niaterial, which extends from onecourse of tiles to the other through the openings in the metallie bond.This construction produces 0X- treniely du rableand strong jointsbetween the courses of tiles, and the metallic bond ocs cujiies verylittle space in the plastic joint.

"lhe metallic lattice-like bond may extend continuously ofthejointsbetween the courses ol tile, as shown by the drawings, or itmay' be arranged in interrupted layers with gaps or spaces between thcends ofthebond in each joint, saidspaces inthediscontinuousmetallic bondbeing spanned by other metallic bonds in the joint or joints of anadjacent. course or courses of tiles. It is to be understood, therefore,that I reserve the right to employ my lattice-like metallic bond inavariety of ways between the courses ot' tile.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters latent-d 1. A partition-wall comprising courses of tilesunited by a plastic and metallic bond, the metallic element of the bondbeing of ope-nwork or lattice-like construction, having side piecesjoined by cross-pieces at angles to each other which is [illed by theplastic element of the bond.

2. A vertical partition-wall having courses of sunerposed tiles, thelatter being provided with grooves or channels in their opposing faces,a plastic lilling between the courses, and a horizontal Inetallicbondembedded in the iilling and disposed opposite to the channels or groovesof the tiles, said metallic member of the bond being of open-work orlattice-like construction, having side members united by diagonal crossmembers and having its openings occupied by the plastic filline.

1n testimony whereof I have signed'my name to this specilication in thepresence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.l

. PHILIP H. BEVIER.

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